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severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict;forbidding: an austere teacher.
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rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic;abstinent: the austere quality of life in the convent.
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grave; sober; solemn; serious: an austere manner.
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doing good or causing good to be done; conferring benefits; kindly in action or purpose
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–verb (used with object)
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to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially incookery: to concoct a meal from leftovers.
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to devise; make up; contrive: to concoct an excuse.
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–adjective, -er, -est.
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without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse;stupid: crass commercialism; a crass misrepresentation ofthe facts.
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Archaic . thick; coarse.
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–verb (used with object), -based, -bas·ing.
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to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debasedthe value of the dollar.
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to lower in rank, dignity, or significance: He wouldn't debasehimself by doing manual labor.
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–verb (used with object), -crat·ed, -crat·ing.
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to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
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to divert from a sacred to a profane use or purpose.
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to treat with sacrilege; profane.
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–verb (used with object)
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to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angryreply disconcerted me completely.
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to throw into disorder or confusion; disarrange: He changedhis mind and disconcerted everybody's plans.
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–adjective
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affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
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more complicated or elaborate than necessary; overblown: agrandiose scheme.
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grand in an imposing or impressive way.
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of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
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inconsequent; illogical.
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